VARIETY SHOW

Fringe Fest

Multiple performance dates/times, through Sunday (check website for specifics). “Fringe Central” is the 10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th Ave., downtown. Shows take place there and at multiple other spaces around San Diego. Most individual tickets $10; festival passes $27-$302. (A few performances are free.) Badges for Fringe Central are $5.
sdfringe.org

San Diego’s first-ever Fringe Fest takes the briefest of holiday breathers today (although there are several shows scheduled for this evening). Starting Friday, though, the sprawling event — which takes in a huge variety of artists and art forms — goes into overdrive, with nearly 50 performances every day through Sunday. So if you’re ever going to do a Fringe binge, now is the time — and downtown is the place to begin, with the 10th Avenue Theatre serving as the mother ship for all the far-flung happenings.